Alexey Fridman | |
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Алексей Фридман | |
 Fridman in 2008 | |
| Born | 17 February 1940 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 29 October 2010 (aged 70) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union Russia Israel |
| Education | Sc.D., Physics and Mathematics (1972) |
| Alma mater | Novosibirsk State University |
| Known for | Astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems, plasma physics |
| Awards | USSR State Prize (1989) State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003; 2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics, physics |
| Institutions | Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, MSU, Institute of Astronomy RAS[1] |
| Doctoral advisor | Roald Sagdeev |
| Website | http://fpfe.mipt.ru/bazekafedras/ptf/ptf.html |
Alexey Maksimovich Fridman (Russian: Алексей Максимович Фридман; 17 February 1940 – 29 October 2010) was a Soviet and Russian physicist specializing in astrophysics, physics of gravitating systems and plasma physics. He discovered new types of instabilities in gravitating media, created the theory of planetary rings and predicted the existence of small Uranus satellites that were later discovered. He also developed the hydrodynamic theory of spiral structure in galaxies. Fridman worked at the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, INASAN,[1] and was professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and at Moscow State University.
- ^ a b "Институт астрономии Российской академии наук — Institute of Astronomy of the RAS". Retrieved September 1, 2019.